Date:
Period :39
Unit 7 : THE MASS MEDIA
Lesson: READING

I. Objectives: By the end of this lesson, students will be able to:
Get some names of some popular programmes such as Quiz Show, Portrait of life ect...
Be able to talk about their favourite programmes.
II. Language Focus:
Grammar: Revision
New words: comedy, drama, army, comment, quiz, documentary, culture ,versus.. . .
III. Teaching Aids: overhead projector, cassette player, textbook . . . .
IV. Procedures:

Stages/
Time
Teacher’s Activities
Students’ Activities




Warm – up
(5 minutes)
Jumbled words
-T gives out 10 words whose letters are in the wrong order.
-T asks Ss to work in groups of three or four and rearrange them in good order to make the right words.
1. enslieisov: television
2. rwepeapns: newspaper
3. idora: radio
4. agenmiza: magazine
5. . . .
-T explains the term mass media: “ Mass Media or Mass Communications refer to public institutions that report news and other stories. Mass Media also keep people updated.”

-Ss work in groups to play the game as the teacher’s explanation.







-Ss listen to T’s explanation and take notes.



Pre –
reading



10 minutes
-T asks Ss to work in pairs, asking and answering the following questions:
+When do you often watch TV?
+ How many channels are there in our national TV?
+ How many hours per week do you watch TV?
- T gathers ideas and gives some background information about TV channels in Vietnam
VTV1: Combination of Politics, Economics and Entertainment
VTV2: Science and Education
VTV3: Entertainment
VTV4: For the overseas Vietnamese
VTV5: For the Ethnic Minority Groups
Vocabulary Pre-teach
-T gives Vietnamese equivalences for some TV programmes.
+ Population and Development
+ TV Series
+ Folk songs
+ News headlines
+ Quize Show
+ Portrait of Life
+ Documentary
+ Wildlife World
+ Around the World
-Ss work in pairs, asking and answering the questions suggested by T



-Ss listen to the teacher’s explanation.







-S write down new words in their notebooks.


While – reading


6 minutes
Task 1 – Matching
-T asks Ss to read three TV programme schedules and do Task 1.
-T tells Ss to compare their answers with each other.
-T calls on Ss to read and explain their answers in front of the class.
-T gives feedback and correct answers.
1 – c 2 – a 3 – d 4 – b

-Ss read the letter.

-Ss compare the answers with a partner.
-Some Ss present the answers in front of the class, others listen and remark.

7 minutes
Task 2 – True or False
-T has Ss work individually to read the programmes carefully and decide whether the statements are T or F.
-T goes around the class and provides help if necessary.
-T calls on some pairs to act out the activity in front of the class.
-T comments and gives the suggested answers.
* Suggested answers:
1. T
2. T
3. F (The Nature of Language is the documentary programme at 15:15 on VTV3)
4. T
5. F (VTV1 starts at 5:35 and the last programme starts at 23:30)

-Ss work individually and do the exercise.

-Ss present their answers in front of the class.




-Ss listen T’s comment and write down the correct answers.



7 minutes

Task 3 – Answering Questions
-T asks Ss to work in pairs to ask and anwer the questions in the book basing on the information in the reading passage.
-T invites some pairs to present in front of the class.
-T gathers feedback and gives out the correct answers.
* Expected answers:
1. There are five films on .
2. At 9:00 a.m., 12:00 at noon, 7:00 p.m,
11:00p.m on VTV1 and 7:00 p.m on VTV3.
3. VTV2
4. The Quiz Show
5. (You should watch) VTV1
6. The Football

-Ss practise doing Task 3 in pairs.

-Ss present their results in front of the class.

-Ss listen and take notes the correct answers given by T.

Post – reading

7 minutes
-T